does lapua make the Grendel brass for Alexander Arms????

[Grendel-Gene]

i would like to know. thanks.

[bwaites]

Yes, same brass, different headstamp is all.

[Grendel-Gene]

and much different price...... Thanks

[bwaites]

AA is building a firearms company, not a reloading company, and apparently sells at a much lower profit margin than the other suppliers!

[Tech09]

Yep and the best price around

[StoneTower]

I wish they would a good Lapua (with AA headstamp) sale a few time a year. Low priced high quality brass could help the Grendel grow faster. I think it started out around $49.00 per hundred and went up from there.

[bwaites]

My first cases were $40.00/100. The profit margin on AA brass is almost non-existant. They might be able to go down a couple bucks, but compare the price on Lapua brass for .223 and .308 from other sources and you'll find that its about what AA charges for Grendel. Grafs has them for 60/100 and 73/100 respectively. Grendel brass from AA splits the difference almost perfectly.

If places can't get Lapua .223 and .308 brass down, with the bazillions of rounds of .223 and .308 that is loaded, then Grendel brass, which is a very minor player in comparison, has almost no chance. AA has held the Grendel price down for years, helping the cartridge as much as they can.

AA has had a few sales of brass over the years, the last was last spring, I think, but you have to be quick!

[StoneTower]

When I got into the Grendel, brass could only be had for $1.05 each so I started hydroforming. Later I found 500 once fired for 30 cents each so I picked those up. When your hunting buddies see you digging through the grass looking for a case that just got ejected 6 feet from the rifle they give you a hard time. When you tell them that they are cost $1.00 each they think you are crazy to shoot an autoloader that has such an expensive diet.

I lose so few in the field that I don't worry about it. It is such a small part of the expense when it comes to hunting.

Availability and reasonable cost could help the Grendel grow.

[Von Gruff]

Hornady Grendel brass is US$104/100 here in NZ and Lapua is about twice that or more. Even Win 7.62x39 brass for fireforming is in the US$1 a piece. Loosing brass is cause for time spent searching.

[Grendel-Gene]

When I got into the Grendel, brass could only be had for $1.05 each so I started hydroforming. Later I found 500 once fired for 30 cents each so I picked those up. When your hunting buddies see you digging through the grass looking for a case that just got ejected 6 feet from the rifle they give you a hard time. When you tell them that they are cost $1.00 each they think you are crazy to shoot an autoloader that has such an expensive diet.

I lose so few in the field that I don't worry about it. It is such a small part of the expense when it comes to hunting.

Availability and reasonable cost could help the Grendel grow.

Stone, i would sure love to hear how you do your hydroforming.... I have tried it and just ruined every 7.62x39 round that i ran through the process. I have lots of that brass laying around; I would sure love to salvage it if i could. Thanks.

[StoneTower]

Stone, i would sure love to hear how you do your hydroforming.... I have tried it and just ruined every 7.62x39 round that i ran through the process. I have lots of that brass laying around; I would sure love to salvage it if i could. Thanks.

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?102-Hydroforming-brass-of-donuts-soft-necks-and-saving-ammo-components/page2&highlight=HYDROFORMING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQgIFscVOE8

It works well, but the life of the converted brass in not as long as factory brass and it takes time. When I got 500 at 30 cents each I sold all my new Winchester 7.62x39 brass.